Residents rebuild their homes, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Emmanuel Croset
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Over 900 people were left homeless when a fire destroyed nearly 200 shacks in the Pomona informal settlement in Kempton Park, northeast of Johannesburg CBD, on Monday night.
According to Ekurhuleni emergency services spokesperson Aaron Mafunda, no deaths have been reported, despite the extent of the blaze.
The fire broke out at around 7pm and was extinguished shortly after midnight.
Residents rebuild their homes after a fire razed through and informal settlement in The aftermath of the shack fire at the Max informal Setelment has left over 900 people homeless with around 300 shacks burned down when a fire spread from one shack to the whole area yesterday in Pomona, Kempton Park, Johannesburg. October 1st, 2019. Photo by: Emmanuel Crosetmore
Residents rebuild their homes, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Emmanuel Crosetmore
Residents rebuild their homes, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Emmanuel Crosetmore
People return to their homes to pick up the pieces after a fire raged through a crowded informal settlement in Bonaero Park last night, 1 October 2019. Picture: Neil McCartney
People return to their homes to pick up the pieces after a fire raged through a crowded informal settlement in Bonaero Park last night, 1 October 2019. Picture: Neil McCartney
Residents rebuild their homes, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Emmanuel Crosetmore
Residents rebuild their homes, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Emmanuel Crosetmore
Residents rebuild their homes, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Neil McCartneymore
People return to their homes to pick up the pieces after a fire raged through a crowded informal settlement in Bonaero Park last night, 1 October 2019. Picture: Neil McCartney
People queue for food donations, 1 October 2019, after a fire razed through an informal settlement in Kempton Park last night leaving over 900 people displaced with around 300 shacks destroyed. Picture: Emmanuel Crosetmore
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